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2 minutes ago, Anon said:

First of all, I can't get over the undue weight ITV place on the role the "cheesy chips" played in this incident. Second, he doesn't look the type. People with garish neck tattoos are usually good as gold. Thirdly, he's been open about his issues with mental health, so I hope any horrible bigots who were thinking about criticising him keep their opinions to themselves.

This doesn't apply to our Sonny as his neck tattoos are tasteful and refined

Thought it might be of minor interest to some as there was a time we seemed to be linked with him every window, and it always engendered much discussion:
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-07-18/man-threw-cheesy-chips-at-mum-before-breaking-her-nose-in-one-punch-attack
Punched a 60-year-old woman in the face in front of her daughter

Really good article here about the lad that's finding these dual-eligibility players (with a focus on NML):
https://getconcacafed.substack.com/p/guatemalas-secret-weapon-a-youtuber

Seen a lot of Chelsea fans making out like he's Judased them with this move, just because he came through their academy. He's not been slimy to force a move, not joined a club that would be considered a traditional rival of Chelsea's, and he's been very open that he supports Portsmouth not Chelsea, so I don't get it at all. I also don't think you can have the approach to hoarding and selling youth that Chelsea have followed and then kick up a fuss about one of the few of those players that actually got a chance in the first team deciding to follow a path elsewhere. Can't really have it both ways.

4 hours ago, Old Spalding Ram said:

The Dale Vince vanity project rolls on!

Forest Green Rovers (FGR), the world’s greenest football club, today announced a new partnership with Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award-winning rock band the Grateful Dead. 

The partnership will see the entire men’s first team at FGR kitted out with co-branded travel wear for the upcoming 2023/24 season.

…………...personally, I’d prefer The Clash we are DCFC.😃

 

That'll definitely help to dispel the idea that they're all a bunch of eco-hippies

A night out with the Forest lads sounds like a riot

6 hours ago, The Last Post said:

He was caught eating a Pukka Pie 😁

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66099981

Probably not worth a mention that they've put their academy manager in temporary charge, but probably is worth a mention that she's the first woman to manage a league team in England.

17 minutes ago, Shipley Ram said:

Interestingly formatted job advert

Will we be seeing a Boro homecoming for Adam Johnson?

23 minutes ago, Srg said:

I’m gonna be that guy. I hope to god the only way we are visiting you in 2026 is we’re both in the Premier League. 

FTFY

20 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Spotted this a moment ago, Lewis Ridd, 18 year old gk formerly at Ipswich.

 

So Ipswich decided to get rid and we've decided to get Ridd

4 minutes ago, Kernow said:

Julian

Dick

Anne

George

Timmy

Isn't Julian Dicks getting on a bit now?

I'm currently desperately trying to make "Guatemala" rhyme with "Vauxhall Zafira"

Kieron Freeman. Also pulled in a couple of spells at Mansfield.
Kenny Burns, though how much he "played" for us is open to discussion.
Russell Hoult, who also had a spell at Leicester. As far as I'm aware, there's only two other players to do all four of Derby, Forest, Leicester and Notts County, both already mentioned.

A few I noticed:
Pereplotkins was Ukrainian-born, but a Latvian international
Beni Baningime was born in the DR Congo, but may be listed under English players
Stern John and Dexter Blackstock could be added for Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda respectively

Elsnik did make a handful of appearances, but they were in the cup, so that might be why they haven't shown up

8 minutes ago, bucktwo said:

Mbappe not extending his contract beyond next summer at PSG ? 

 

A decent option off the bench ? 

Mrs Ince, is that you?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

37 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Marinakis to declare himself a Saudi citizen and to wear full purdah to matches?

Inshallah

I think an interesting part of this that doesn't get mentioned so much is that the clubs that are being linked with all these moves - Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli - have all been taken over by the Saudi Public Investment Fund very recently. Only in the last couple of year have clubs in Saudi Arabia been legally allowed to be privatised companies, but it looks like there's a real push on the part of the Saudi state to pump up the status of the league through major investment in a select few clubs before selling these clubs into private hands.

Incidentally, I don't believe that the AFC has any FFP restrictions, which is why they can offer such exorbitant amounts of money with little prestige or revenue. I actually wouldn't be entirely surprised to see some owner in the Championship exploit this at some point. We already see it happen with European clubs, but the FFP still has to be balanced between them. What happens if the same arrangement happens but one of the parties has no FFP restrictions?

Had to smile at this headline in the Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12160713/Nottingham-Forest-target-Leeds-Tyler-Adams-Steve-Cooper-looks-streamline-squad.html
"Nottingham Forest target Leeds' Tyler Adams as Steve Cooper looks to streamline his squad"
Streamlining the squad by buying more players. That's a new angle.

I think I'm right in saying that if he switches to Guatemala that would retroactively make him Guatemala's first ever player to play in the Premier League (discounting the one game that Dwight Pezzarossi spent on the bench for Bolton).

Wouldn't get my hopes up if I was a Wigan fan

Incidentally, he's Bristol-born and Derbyshire-raised.

Quite a horrible story this:

Really feel for all three of the lads that got caught up in this